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It’s World Toilet Day! (A day to raise awareness about proper sanitation around the world.) [Thanks, GOOD and the Internet]

Yesterday, Bloomberg cut about 50 employees from its newsrooms, including art and culture writers. Bloomberg editor-in-chief Matt Winkler said that the company has decided “to scale back arts coverage ….” [L.A. Times, International Business Times]

To make matters worse, Bloomberg suspended reporter Michael Forsythe last week after it was rumored that an investigative piece he wrote would get Bloomberg “expelled” from China. [The New York Times]

“Selfie” is the word of the year. It twerked its way up from Instagram and Twitter to get to where it is today. [TIME]

The year will be over in 41 days, so it’s time for more end-of-year awards! Here’s an award you’ve maybe never heard of: the Smithsonian Magazine Ingenuity Award. Artist Doug Aitken gets one this year. [The Washington City Paper]

The 19-year-old South Brooklyn performance venue Brooklyn Lyceum continues a court battle with its former architect. According to the Brooklyn Paper, the venue’s owner Erich Richmond owes $5 million in payment to the architect Jeane Miele; recently, he declared bankruptcy in order to avoid foreclosure, and continues to keep the space up and running. [The Brooklyn Paper]

44 Warhols printed by his off-site printer were deemed not the work of the artist by the Warhol Authentication Board in 1991, only to be sold more than 10 years later by the Warhol Foundation as prices for the work rose. They sent the work back for reappraisal, and 35 of the 44 works received an “A” rating. [The Art Newspaper]

“They are not going to find another Rob Ford,” Rob Ford said about the Toronto City Council on the Today Show. No, they’re definitely not. Now there’s some sort of come-to-Jesus moment after City Council stripped Ford of all his power then he knocked over a City Council member. Headline and picture the day goes to the New York Times, who ran with, “His Honor? Toronto’s Mayor Rampages on to City’s Shame.” [Today, Daily Mail,The New York Times]